â€śI see a man. He is old. Very old. He will come into your
life in a moment of danger. He will watch over you and
protect you.â€ť The gypsyâ€™s hand gripped Tessaâ€™s tighter.
â€śHe will bring you death,â€ť she whispered, her voice like
the rustle of dry leaves. â€śAnd life.â€ť

Ten years later, when Andrei Dinescu saves Tessa from a
vicious attacker, she has no idea that the handsome
stranger the gypsy fortune teller predicted is not a
hunter but a seven-hundred-year-old vampire. Darkly
powerful, unbelievably compelling, he is obviously
pursuing Tessa, but is it her love he's after or her
blood?